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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Australians not develop writing, more complex technologies, or more complex societies?
(a) Australia was isolated from other societies.
(b) They had a larger population than other continents.
(c) Australia communicated frequently with others who had these technologies.
(d) The groups in Australia were very cohesive.

2. Who introduced pottery, chickens, dogs, and pigs to New Guinea?
(a) Europeans
(b) Indians
(c) Native Americans
(d) Austronesians

3. Why didn't Australians develop food production in ancient times?
(a) Too much rainfall to support domesticated plants
(b) Fertile soils
(c) The dry conditions on the continent
(d) Too many plants that could be domesticated

4. What is the first stage in the transition of diseases to humans?
(a) Humans pick up the diseases from other humans.
(b) Humans pick up germs and diseases from pets and domestic animals but the germs are still only passed from animal to human, not between humans.
(c) Pathogens establish themselves in humans and the disease does not die out.
(d) The major epidemic disease becomes confined to humans.

5. How many "little" languages does China have?
(a) 100
(b) 70
(c) 130
(d) 200

Short Answer Questions

1. How many large mammals in Africa were suited to domestication?

2. Where were the earliest known stone tools with ground edges found?

3. What is a stone tool or implement that an individual used to pound the fibrous bark of some trees into material that could be used for ropes, nets, and clothing?

4. What is an discussion that has arisen since Diamond's work was first published?

5. Which of the following was not a disease that killed large number of peoples in the Americas?

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